Song Dynasty's Ignorant Prince

In the past, when military generals went on expeditions, the civilian officials sat in the center, began to deduce the formation according to the drawings, and formulated a combat plan for the generals. If the war was won, the civilian commanded well. Because the generals are too constrained, they have no autonomy at all.

But this time it was different. The emperor gave the power to the generals and let Wu future command the generals. Only they knew how to fight better.

"Fate, the master is the general of the hussars, leading the three armies!

Chong Shidao also responded loudly, "The minister obeys the order!

"The Privy Council cooperates closely, don't let me down!" Zhao Ji glanced at the ministers below, thinking that it would be strange if they could cooperate closely.

It is very correct to have the generals controlled by the civil servants in peacetime, but now is the time of war, if you still want to die like that, then you will really die!

After the court was dispersed, Li Gang and the others did not leave, but found Zhao Ji.

"Your Majesty, this is inappropriate. The Privy Council is the highest military institution, and everything should be done through the Privy Council. Now Your Majesty has handed over the power to Lord Zong, and appointed Zhong Shidao as the Hussar General. That's right! Li Gang's face was heavy. He really set out from national security and was afraid of military rebels.

Although Zheng Juzhong did not speak, but he came here to represent his own meaning. All the six Shangshu should be in unison.

Zhao Ji knew that these civil officials would speak, but he was not ready to change his mind.

"You don't need to be suspicious of people. Since you choose to let them work for the country, you can't put them on shackles. Otherwise, how can you let them fight with the wolf-like Liao and Jurchen? And you don't have to worry, you still need our consent to mobilize the army. of. 35

Zhao Ji looked at the crowd, and these people were from the second rank at the lowest. After the affairs of Cai Jing and Wang Hao, a few were replaced by Zhao Ji, and they were all Zhao Ji's humerus ministers.

"But Your Majesty, why did you face Jin Guo's accusation this time?"

Zhao Ji smiled, "It's fine to tell the truth, not killing them on the spot has already given them face."

"Your Majesty, we only signed a covenant with the Golden Kingdom not long ago. Wouldn't this make people doubt our sincerity? It seems to be untenable in terms of reason?" Zheng Juzhong sighed a little. He originally did not agree with the United Golden Kingdom. It's hard to ride a tiger now.

"Let him go to hell when it comes to morality, there is no morality during the war! What we want is to keep our foundation in the Great Song Dynasty. As for other things, let future generations comment!" Zhao Ji didn't care, "In my opinion , Jurchen is the biggest threat, what we have to guard against is not Liao, but Jurchen!

Only then did Zhao Ji say what he was most worried about. Jin Guo was a thorn in his heart. If he didn't pull out this thorn, it would be difficult for him to sleep at ease!

After meeting the civil servants, Zhao Ji called in the generals, including Zong Ze and Chong Shidao.

"Two Ai Qing, who do you think is suitable? Even though you recommend it, and the North is facing great changes, we have to make preparations. The safety of the Sheji depends on you!"

The mobilization and preparation of a country's army is very complicated, and it is often calculated in months or even years, even though Zhao Ji is only preparing for war.

As the saying goes, the army will go ahead without food and grass, but the consumption of the army and horses is an astronomical figure, which is a heavy burden for the country. This is also why the Tanyuan Alliance was decided at the beginning, because the cost of the war is much higher than that of the old coins, and it is not necessarily a win.

But when he arrived at Zhao Ji, there was no way out. He knew that the Jin Kingdom was different from the Liao Kingdom. The Jin army would break through the city of Bianliang. Even if history might be a little off because of his appearance, Zhao Ji didn't want to gamble. He wants to take his destiny into his own hands.

The specific preparation and mobilization is a very large and tedious matter. Zhao Ji asked himself that Bin was not good at it, so he fully delegated power to Zong Ze and Li Gang, and let them discuss it and then report it to him for approval.

Zhao Ji is very concerned about the development of smelting steel, making red-clothed cannons and flintlock guns. He will ask about the progress in two days. Moreover, Zhao Ji also asks people to start transforming eight cattle crossbow or other crossbow arrows, adding the pulley function to it, and winding it like this. Less effort and faster.

Chong Shidao and Chen Chaolao came to see him in a hurry, Zhao Ji laughed when he looked at Chong Shidao, "Old Chong, what's wrong with you, is someone chasing you?"

Chong Shidao's face was wrong, and he said to Zhao Ji very seriously, "Your Majesty, no one is chasing Wei Chen, but it is more worrying than chasing!

"If you have something to do, tell me!" Zhao Ji had a bad feeling.

Chong Shidao looked at Chen Chaolao and motioned for the other party to speak.

Chen Chaolao was not polite anymore, and clasped his fists and said, ".`Your Majesty, after more than a month's inspection, Wei Chen found a big problem! 35

"Oh, you mean about the Praetorian Guards?"

Chen Chao Lao nodded and looked at Zhao Ji nervously, "Your Majesty, this is the number counted by Wei Chen, please take a look!"

Looking at the above are all classical Chinese, and many of them are too different, so Zhao Ji sees a lot, and simply said, "You can say it, I will listen.

"Yes. Your Majesty, the Imperial Guard is said to be 800,000, and there are four armies of holding the sun, Tianwu, Longwei, and Shenwei, and each army has about 200,000 soldiers, but, but...

Seeing Chen Chao lao hesitating, Zhao Ji frowned, "Say the point!"

"However, since the shortage of personnel is serious, it would be good to have 600,000 troops in an army of 800,000!

"What?" Zhao Ji was shocked when he heard this, and he went a quarter of a sudden!

"But every soldier's Feng Lu goes down according to human hair. You mean, someone took away some of the (wang's money) empty pay?"

Chen Chao Lao nodded with difficulty, "His Majesty ordered Wei Chen to investigate the problem of the army, because they set up obstacles at various levels, and finally with the support of Taiwei Chong, Wei Chen was able to proceed. Later, Wei Chen found some corruption and lawlessness. Disciple, has been put in prison for processing.

It's just that in the past few days, Taiwei Chong and Wei Chen have jointly investigated and asked the relatives and others to return. Up to now, there are still nearly 200,000 people who have not been left. The ministers feel that there is a problem at this time. After checking the accounts, it was found that these people were either dead or discharged! 99

"It's unreasonable to dare to embezzle the salaries of 200,000 soldiers. Have you ever found out who did it?" Zhao Ji was really angry, 200,000 people, these worms really dared to do it.

"Your Majesty, this..." Chen Chaolao hesitated.

It was obvious that the other party had something to hide, but Zhao Ji waved his hand, "Just say it, it doesn't matter who it is."